Morning all. July 1906, Sporting Lisbon was born. It’s biggest rival is Benfica and the two clubs along with Porto are known in their homeland to be one of the “Três Grandes” (Big Three) clubs in Portugal. Never have Sporting been relegated from the Primeira Liga, not since 1934 anyway. One only has to type their […]

Morning all. Fifteen passes, ten players involved and a simple tap in to finish. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve watched that goal and it’s still as good as the first time. In fact it gets better each time. All three of our goals against Leicester City were classy. Swift passing, excellent movement and […]

Morning all. We, or perhaps I is nearer to the truth, keep going on about our defending. The media do too and that’s because we look vulnerable. But then yesterday a wave of positivity washed over me. Or reality. Opponents are getting through us to create scoring opportunities but we’re not conceding that many goals. […]

Morning all. Well if that isn’t Unai Emery sending a big fat message to Mesut Ozil, I don’t know what would be. To me that says, wake up, catch up and get with it. Based on talent alone, Mesut has to be one of our most gifted players but he needs to do more, work […]